Tuscan Soup – 8 WW Points Plus Considering I live in California, it has been MIGHTY cold here this week. If we were to have any moisture, surely we’d get snow. It only snows here about once every 7 years. It never sticks either. I wouldn’t mind having snow a little more frequently than [...]
Orange-Cranberry Pound Cake I haven’t posted a new treat for a bit, and thought I wouldn’t for a while since I am trying to lose some weight. However, I went to my mom’s for a shared dinner tonight,w and she had created an absolutely tasty dessert that I couldn’t pass up! This time, I [...]
5 Top Recipes for 2012 Another year has come and gone. With it are some great memories and even tastier recipes! My blog went through some changes in 2012, and one of those changes was me posting a lot more recipes. I love food, and trying new recipes. I discovered that a lot of [...]
Gourmet Banana Bread In case you have some last minute baking you need to do for Christmas, you can’t go wrong with this Gourmet Banana Bread. It is some of the best banana bread I have had. So moist and delicious. I just made a couple of loaves today, to deliver to some ladies from [...]
Cocoa Peppermint Meltaways If you haven’t been able to tell from recent posts, I love my meltaway cookie recipes! So many fantastic ways to eat them. If you are a chocolate/peppermint kind of fan, then you will love these Cocoa Peppermint Meltaways. They simply melt in your mouth, and make for a fantastic Christmas [...]
German Pancakes with Brown Sugar and Pecans My kids have an absolutely favorite breakfast, that they request quite often. I used to be the one to make German Pancakes for my kids, but once my husband figured out how easy they were to make, he is now the go-to man for German Pancakes. He probably [...]
Lemon Curd While I do enjoy baking, and I have made a few batches of cookies, I decided that I wasn’t going to take plates of goodies out this year. I still plan to share treats with my friends and family, but for deliveries, I decided to take homemade Lemon Curd, Plum Syrup and [...]
Candy Cane Cookies I recently shared my new favorite Christmas cookie with you (Peppermint Meltaways), so now I want to share my husband’s favorite cookie. Not only are the Candy Cane Cookies tasty, but I think they hold a lot of sentiment to my husband, and perhaps many of you. On facebook, a few [...]
Peppermint Meltaway Cookies I warned you all that I would be baking a lot as we get closer to Christmas, and I sure have! I have several cookie, bread and lemon curd recipes to share with you! I can’t wait! I bake goodies to take to friends, neighbors, teachers, and church members, every Christmas. We [...]
Ham and Pepperoni Rice Balls With Christmas, New Year’s and all of the other great holidays coming up, you may want to try serving something fun and new. Besides, what is a great New Year’s Eve party without fantastic appetizers? It’s just not – that’s what I say! I came up with these Ham [...]
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